Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter Sunday

The time of the cups is passed --I have drunk the cup of Elijah -- His time is come and goneAnd I want to know if truth will penetrate my soulAs the truth of His being has intensified my longing.

I have drunk the cup of our last meal -- Dark and sweet was the wineHe fed us with affliction, he slaked our thirst with abandonmentBitter was the betrayal of one who loved Him.His skin purpled with rage as he bent over to kiss.

I have drunk the cup in the garden -- it tasted of gallA deep dark drought. The will of God! It tasted of ashes -- Harsh medicineFor a creation overwhelmed with brokenness.

I have drunk the cup of the cross -- the blood and tearsMisery and suffering streamed out andRan down the rough wood. I gatheredIt in the cup of my flesh as the blood stained my hands.

I have drunk the cup of sorrows -- the cup weightlessStrange was its’ color andFilled with vapor that evanesced into a melancholy nothingnessIt reeked with a miasma of the grave.

For three days I drank nothing -- for three days it were if I were deadIt was a fast, yet the time passed slowlyNever had a Sabbath existed with such conflicting tensions

Yet

TodayOn Sunday, I taste the cup of holinessThe cup of salvation is lifted up and I drink deeply of it.The cup overflows with light andIt fills the void in my soulI lift my heart in thanksgiving to the God who gave itPrecious was the night of cups, the day of sorrowsPrecious in the sight of God is the death of His faithful sonYet more precious still is the lifeFor through His pain can we begin to be healed,Through His sacrifice can we be made pure andThrough His rising we can be made complete.Hallelujah! Come Lord Jesus!

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